Development of an earlobe crease identification system to support diagnosis of arteriosclerosis

Harutoyo Hirano, Ryosuke Katsumata, Masato Futagawa, Toshio Tsuji, Shinji Kishimoto, Nozomu Oda, Masato Kajikawa, Tatsuya Maruhashi, Yukihito Higashi

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Abstract

It is well known that an earlobe crease (ELC) is related with cardiovascular disease. However evaluation of ELC has been carried out subjectively. We propose a novel system for objective and quantitative evaluation of ELC characteristics. The outline of earlobe was detected using the Canny edge detector. The number of ELCs and the ratio of the ELC length for the lobule from photographs of bilateral earlobes were calculated from the extracted outline of earlobes. Our system's validity for ELCs detection was compared with doctors' diagnosis using sensitivity and specificity analysis. The result showed that the validity of our system was equal to the diagnosis of the medical doctors (kappa coefficient: 0.93). It was thus concluded that the proposed system is useful to predict atherosclerotic disease.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2374-2377
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781457702204
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13-10-2016
Externally publishedYes
Event38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 16-08-201620-08-2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
Volume2016-October
ISSN (Print)1557-170X

Other

Other38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period16-08-1620-08-16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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